A few weeks ago, I asked for submissions for the Stupidest Boat Names and I was not disappointed. These are beauties. Thank You! This would not of course had been possible without the support of the awesome Scuttlebutt.
I have tried to categorize them and they have been unscientifically grouped in a totally subjective way that made sense to me after a few beers. I haven't figured my 3 favorites yet but when I do the submitters get CDs of the Top 10 Sailing Songs.
The original list, culled from several web sites, is in the extended posts. If you have any other names to suggest, I will happily add them. Here they are:
Appalling Puns
"Hot Ruddered Bum"
"Si yes da"
"L.L. Boat"
"Sail Bad The Sinner"
"Bow Down"
"Sexual Heeling"
"Ahoy Vey"
"Yacht Sea"
"Makin' Luff"
Financial
"A Crewed Interest"
"Myovadraft"
"The Loan Ranger"
"Colin's Tuition"
Medical
"Biopsea"
"Irritable Bow"
"Bow Movement"
"Sir Osis of the River"
"Vitamin Sea"
"Autopsea"
Sophomoric
"Breakin wind"
"Blow Me"
"Poopy Express"
"Master Baiter"
"My Assiss Dragon"
"Wet Dream"
"Norwegian Woody"
Questionable on a Sailboat
Seen on a Catamaran, "Double Penetration"
"Spank Me" (Raceboat. Imagine the T-Shirts)
"Cunning Stunts"
"Rumple IVskin"
Aquamorons
"Blue Vein Throbber"
"Four Play"
"Sea Clit"
"Seaduced Too"
"Hoosier Daddy"
"Dixie Normous" (they wish)
"Lucky Sperm "
"Show Me The Money"
"Floating Seamen"
"Nauti Lust"
"La-Sea"
Clever
"Maid of Plywood"
"DILLIGAFF" which stands for Do I look like I give a flying f....
"If it doesn't come when you call it, why name it" (An Olympic Trial Finn)
"Weazel" with a tender called "One Eye"
"Change Order" and the dinghy named: "original contract"
"WOFTAM" waste of f'n time and money!
"Miss America" (Nothing as embarrassing as calling into the race committee to get a slip and saying, Race Committee, this is Miss America" or having to wear the shirts!)
"Time and Money"
"Head First"
"Sea Cup" (Skippered by a woman)
"Runs With Scissors"
"Support the Right to Arm Bears "
Relationships
"Don't tell the wife" How about that on a Mayday? Mayday, Mayday, Don't tell the wife!
"Alternative Girlfriend"
"Mom's Mink"
"FUJIMO" - (F___ You Jane, I'm Moving Out ...
"She Got the House"
"Pissed N Broke"
Obscure
"Dances with Sheep" (Kiwi Boat)
"The World's Largest Prairie Dog"
"Shoot Low They're Riding Chickens"
I am not making this up
There was a yacht at the Arun Yacht Club called "Passing Wind." About 10 miles to the west is the Looe Passage, around SDelsey Bill, West Sussex. A crew member was hit by the boom,and the owner called out the coastguard. "What is your name and position?" "We are Passing Wind, in the Looe"
Top 10 Stupid Boat Names
A while ago, I came across the Top 10 Boat Names according to Boat US. Many of them are plain stupid, not least the #1 boat name, Aquaholic. Pu-lease!
In doing a bit of digging around, I found some other dumb names for a boat. Panbo had some great ones like the one pictured here. Imagine calling Mayday on your VHF in this boat.
Bernie Ebbers, the jailed former CEO of Worldcom's yacht was called Aquasition. He deserved time for that alone.
I thought it might be a good wide to come up with the top 10 Stupidest Boat names.
Here are some other beauties I found pecking around:
- a Little Nauti
- Adoryble (On a Cape Dory Typhoon)
- All Gulls and No Buoys
- All my Ex's (on a stinkpot so had it coming)
- Bad Atti-toad
- Bada-bing-bada boom (another aquamoron)
- Banker's Hours
- Bay Bay
- Baysic Necessity
- Beaverlicious (hmm! interesting)
- Beer Bait n 'Ammo
- Bezerker (a little scary as it was on a Hallberg Rassy)
- Better Knot
- Between the Sheets
- Big E Nuf (amazingly this was a sailboat. Probably motored a lot)
- Bikini Bottom
- Bimini Cricket
- Bite Me (on a fishing boat)
- Knotty Boys (at least it wasn't knotty buoys)
- Messing About (what an excellent name for a boat)
- Gravyboat
- Bottoms Up
- Boat-acious
- Buoys in the Hood
- Learning Curve (written upside down on a sailboat)
- Sea-duction
- Sea ya
- Loon-a-sea
- Cur-n-Sea
- SeaRenity
- Tip Sea
- Seanile
- X2Sea
- LegaSea
- Itza -Du-Zea (Oyvay)
- Tax Seavation
- Slipless in Seattle (now that's clever)
- Feelin Nauti (I bet you are)
- Nauti Girl
- Nauti & Nice
- Reel Nauti
- Nauti Nurses (I think most of the Eastern Fleet would show up if they ran into trouble)
- Nauti Intentions (OK now I am going to throw up)
Hilarious. I have to admit that my favorite is "If it doesn't come when you call it, why name it".
Reminds me for some reason of a certain well-known Laser sailor who had a dog named Skipper. Whenever he entered a regatta and on the registration form there was a box for "Name of Skipper" he always wrote... SKIPPER.
Posted by: Tillerman | October 23, 2007 at 08:41 AM
"Something witty and original" was one of the best I'd heard, but it was trumped by two of my friends who entered a laser event in their respective fleets and changed their own names rather than their boats.
Much confusion ensued as the committee tried to locate Ray Dialrig and Stan Dardrig in the dinghy park.
Posted by: Markham | October 28, 2007 at 09:32 PM
"Something witty and original" was one of the best I'd heard, but it was trumped by two of my friends who entered a laser event in their respective fleets and changed their own names rather than their boats.
Much confusion ensued as the committee tried to locate Ray Dialrig and Stan Dardrig in the dinghy park.
Posted by: Markham | October 28, 2007 at 09:33 PM
My favorite boat name is the "Never Again 2."
Posted by: Scheherazade | October 29, 2007 at 12:37 PM
My favorite, spotted on the California Delta:
"Cirrhosis of the River"
Posted by: Salty Dog | November 10, 2007 at 04:11 PM
I can't explain why but by far this one cracked me up to the point of tears!
Shoot Low They're Riding Chickens
This entire post is far too funny.
Posted by: Debbie | November 27, 2007 at 03:08 PM
working for a gov't contractor, I found "Change Order" with the dinghy named "original contract" to be hysterical.
Posted by: tinman | December 30, 2007 at 11:54 PM
My fav boat names are Port-a-Party and FUBAR
Posted by: Vicki | March 07, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Great compilation!
I've seen a boat called "Itchy and Scratchy" in Hälsingborg, Sweden.
Posted by: Matthias | March 29, 2008 at 03:04 PM
best one i ever saw was a boat i almost bought. it was a flying11 and the bloke who was tryin to sell it was a mate of mine who spent most of his time in the piss. so he painted the bottem part of the hull which was under water bright yellow and called it 'sunny side up'
Posted by: ollie | July 13, 2008 at 09:47 AM
Used to go with a friend out of Gainesville, Fl. We usually launched the boat at Cedar Key, Fl or Suwannee, Fl. The name of the boat was/is "Wet Dream". It was always a fishing trip offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted by: DavidGD620 | July 23, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Dumbest one I've seen is "Iceberg Straight Ahead!"
Posted by: Boating Equipment | August 04, 2008 at 10:11 PM
haha i am so happy as i am lim yu yuan.
Posted by: lim | September 25, 2008 at 02:40 AM
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Posted by: lim | September 25, 2008 at 02:41 AM
Some funny boat names I've seen... Key of Sea, Time Thief, Dilligaf (do I look like I give a f---), Hard Drive, Lawn Dart, and Aquadisiac. The first two are powerboats - the others are all sailboats of varying lengths.
Posted by: ic | November 04, 2008 at 11:30 AM
I have a friend who named their sailboat "Mr. Windy"
Posted by: Joe Smoe | January 10, 2009 at 01:06 PM
How about "Have you seen my dinghy?"
Posted by: Joe Smoe | January 10, 2009 at 01:07 PM
I once devised the extremely irritating boat name "Boy And Sea"
Posted by: t buffer | April 14, 2009 at 12:13 AM
My favourite is "Maid of Plywood?"
Posted by: Justin | April 17, 2009 at 09:07 AM
I saw a Catalina 22 Class racer called Chicken Ship. I liked the name, as with all racing vechicles wild and crazy names are just as much apart of them,as speed is.
P.S. These guys are good racers.
Posted by: traveller | May 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I wish your sister was this wet.
Posted by: Scott Studer | June 13, 2009 at 12:59 AM
I saw a boat called SHIPFACED in Cuttyhunk last summer.
Posted by: Soundbounder | June 23, 2009 at 08:49 AM
I liked "Off like a prom dress" on a 470
and "Holder Ears" on a Holder 20.
p.s. the guys on chicken ship aren't that good.
Posted by: bepo | August 23, 2009 at 09:00 PM
I'm amused by "Waning Planker" here:
http://www.pegasus18.com/dinghies/index.php/2008/01/04/international-canoe-gbr-212/#more-18
A clever (and slightly vulgar) pun on both words. An aging (waning) sliding-seat (planker) racing (planing) canoe. I default to you for the last word.
Posted by: Peter Belenky | August 27, 2009 at 01:00 PM
"The Highland Laddie Funboat" (a yacht berthed at Largs -sorry who ever it belongs to, but its not the coolest name I've ever seen)
Posted by: [email protected] | August 27, 2009 at 01:50 PM